21 April, 2016

OpenProject: Greece has now its own WikiLeaks

The
independent website The Press Project
created a platform to break the secrecy of the negotiations between
the Greek government and its creditors, providing the details of the
deal through leaked information to anyone who wants to be informed
about this crucial matter. Crucial not only for Greece, but for
eurozone as a whole.

From the
website
:

Two weeks ago, a Wikileaks
revelation shook the ground of those negotiations. The reactions
to that, demonstrated how public opinion can still play its part
in the progress of the talks. Our opinion is that the public must
become an active negotiator of its own.

Let us wonder who benefits from
keeping a negotiation which concerns our future in the dark?
Wouldn't the, infamous," lines in the sand" become much
stronger if the citizens knew what the creditors demand and what
the Greek government is willing to concede to? Even if the
citizens were to decide that the Quartet is blackmailing the
country but there is no alternative route, this would also be a
joint decision which could be positive rather than destructive.

Nevertheless, 7 months on, the Media
keep speculating based on leaks and information which often prove
to be false. It is time to put an end to that. ThePressProject is
publishing today the leak of the draft of the agreement (according
to some scenarios, the disagreement) between the Greek government
and the Quartet. Through our platform, you will be able to compare
the agreement that has already been signed to the one that is
being discussed. A set of our comments might help you get a
clearer picture.

Since 2010 the Greek governments
(and there have been several) have been negotiating with the
country's international lenders behind closed doors. The will of
the people, and even their wellbeing has been repeatedly ignored.
ThePressProject has decided to throw those doors open and give the
right to know back to the people. Our transparency platform leaks
the draft of the new memorandum, as it is now being discussed to
light. The Right to Know against the privilege of inside
information.

Recall that
Poul Thomsen, director of the IMF's European department, and Delia
Velculescu, head of the IMF mission to Greece, have been caught
thinking the possibility of the IMF to stage a Draghi-type “credit
event” that could force Greece to the edge of bankruptcy, using the
pretext of the Brexit referendum, according to recent WikiLeaks
revelations.

The
dialogues between Thomsen and Velculescu prove only the anxiety of
the IMF to finish the Greek experiment according to the timeline,
that is before the end of 2016. In reality, there is no different
goal with the EFD
representatives. The supposed different positions between EFD and IMF
concerning the debt relief, or, the level of primary surplus target,
are irrelevant.

The
supposedly different positions projected by the media, are aimed to
disorientate the public, as always, but at the current moment they
help especially the Europeans to delay the completion of the
negotiations with Greece, in order to focus on the British
referendum. They will bargain with the British government and
mobilize the "inside mechanisms" of propaganda, in order to
persuade the British people to vote against Brexit. Afterwards, they
will focus on Greece, and, as has been proved, they will not hesitate
to use any means, including a financial coup, to force Tsipras
towards every last detail of the Greek experiment.